Ormond man with duct tape, rope snagged in child sex sting

Published: Friday, March 22, 2013 at 7:26 a.m.

Last Modified: Friday, March 22, 2013 at 8:47 a.m.

An Ormond Beach man was caught in a Daytona Beach police undercover sex sting when he went to a Wendy's thinking he was meeting a child for sex, reports show.

William Fahner, 54, was charged Thursday with use of a computer to seduce/solicit/lure a child, travel to seduce/solicit/lure/entice a child and possession of a firearm while in commission of a felony, a Daytona Beach police arrest report said.

Police said Fahner responded to an ad placed online by an undercover police officer posing as a father seeking men to teach his child sex.

Fahner had explicit sexual conversations with the officer. After several conversations, Fahner agreed to a meeting that he believed would be with the child and parent at the Wendy's at Williamson and LPGA boulevards.

He arrived Thursday afternoon in a red Chevy Blazer. Police were waiting.

In an interrogation by Daytona Beach police, Fahner admitted that he had responded to the online ad and that he had communicated his sexual intentions to the undercover officer, the report states.

After Fahner said he sent the messages from his laptop at his Ormond Beach home, police asked him for consent to get the computer. Fahner responded: "I can't allow that, if you search my home, it will only open other doors and I can't handle that right now," the report shows.

Police searched Fahner's vehicle and found a loaded 9-mm Glock pistol in the center console. Police also located a machete, duct tape and rope in Fahner's vehicle, the report said.

<p>An Ormond Beach man was caught in a Daytona Beach police undercover sex sting when he went to a Wendy's thinking he was meeting a child for sex, reports show.</p><p>William Fahner, 54, was charged Thursday with use of a computer to seduce/solicit/lure a child, travel to seduce/solicit/lure/entice a child and possession of a firearm while in commission of a felony, a Daytona Beach police arrest report said. </p><p>Police said Fahner responded to an ad placed online by an undercover police officer posing as a father seeking men to teach his child sex.</p><p>Fahner had explicit sexual conversations with the officer. After several conversations, Fahner agreed to a meeting that he believed would be with the child and parent at the Wendy's at Williamson and LPGA boulevards.</p><p>He arrived Thursday afternoon in a red Chevy Blazer. Police were waiting.</p><p>In an interrogation by Daytona Beach police, Fahner admitted that he had responded to the online ad and that he had communicated his sexual intentions to the undercover officer, the report states.</p><p>After Fahner said he sent the messages from his laptop at his Ormond Beach home, police asked him for consent to get the computer. Fahner responded: "I can't allow that, if you search my home, it will only open other doors and I can't handle that right now," the report shows. </p><p>Police searched Fahner's vehicle and found a loaded 9-mm Glock pistol in the center console. Police also located a machete, duct tape and rope in Fahner's vehicle, the report said.</p>